Saudi Arabian Grand Prix Betting Tips: Piastri to build on Bahrain success
Winning his second race of the 2025 Formula 1 campaign in Bahrain, McLaren’s Oscar Piastri will be full of confidence as he heads to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit for Sunday’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.
With reigning world champion Max Verstappen struggling in Bahrain on his way to sixth place, signs are indicating the battle for the Drivers’ Championship could be a head-to-head between Piastri and McLaren team-mate Lando Norris.
While plenty of the hype was surrounding Norris leading into the season, Piastri has been showing he’s not here to make up the numbers and the Australian is good value to land his third win of the season at this weekend’s Saudi Arabia Grand Prix.
Tip 1 – Oscar Piastri to win @ 5/4
Finishing in fourth place at the Saudi Grand Prix in 2024, Piastri has come on leaps and bounds since that second race of last year’s campaign.
Winning his first three races in F1 since that last visit to the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Piastri has been showing he’s now a contender to put up a major challenge for the Drivers’ Championship title this season.
An impressive win in Bahrain last week was another step in the right direction for the driver from Melbourne, as the Aussie finished ahead of second-place Mercedes ace George Russell and third-placed Norris.
Such a dominant performance from Piastri in Bahrain raised plenty of eyebrows, as he looked so comfortable out in front while his rivals scrapped for places behind him.
The 24-year-old, who is only in his third year in F1, has been driving with maturity beyond his years and Piastri is well priced to take the chequered flag in the Saudi Arabia Grand Prix this weekend.
Tip 2 – Pierre Gasly top-10 finish @ Evs
It was a pretty tough start to the season for Pierre Gasly after the Alpine driver finished 11th in Australia, was disqualified in China and had to settle for 13th place at the Japanese Grand Prix.
However, the Frenchman showed his true colours with an impressive driving performance with a sixth-place finish at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Finishing a place behind reigning world champion Verstappen, Gasly will be able to take plenty of positives from that display at the Bahrain International Circuit.
Next heading to Saudi Arabia, Gasly looks capable and good value to claim another top-10 finish on Sunday and bring home some more points for Alpine.
Gasly unfortunately had to retire from the 2024 Saudi Arabia Grand Prix, but before that he managed three top-10 finishes in a row.
Finishing sixth in 2021, eighth in 2022 and ninth the following season, the driver from Rouen has shown impressive levels of consistency at this event and he should be able to finish among the points again in Jeddah on Sunday.
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